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# Welcome! | ||
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We're so glad you're thinking about contributing to a [open source project of the U.S. government](https://code.gov/)! If you're unsure about anything, just ask -- or submit the issue or pull request anyway. The worst that can happen is you'll be politely asked to change something. We love all friendly contributions. | ||
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We encourage you to read this project's CONTRIBUTING policy (you are here), its [LICENSE](LICENSE.md), and its [README](README.md). | ||
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## Policies | ||
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We want to ensure a welcoming environment for all of our projects. Our staff follow the [TTS Code of Conduct](https://18f.gsa.gov/code-of-conduct/) and all contributors should do the same. | ||
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This project is adhering to the [18F Open Source Policy](https://github.com/18f/open-source-policy). | ||
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As part of a U.S. government agency, the General Services Administration (GSA)’s Technology Transformation Services (TTS) takes seriously our responsibility to protect the public’s information, including financial and personal information, from unwarranted disclosure. For more information about security and vulnerability disclosure for our projects, please read our [18F Vulnerability Disclosure Policy](https://18f.gsa.gov/vulnerability-disclosure-policy/). | ||
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## Public domain | ||
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This project is in the public domain within the United States, and applicable copyright and related rights in the work worldwide are waived through the [CC0 1.0 Universal public domain dedication](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/). | ||
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All contributions to this project will be released under the CC0 dedication. By submitting a pull request or issue, you are agreeing to comply with this waiver of copyright interest. |
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# License | ||
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## A few parts of this project are not in the public domain | ||
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### Copyright ownership of Works created by U.S. federal employees | ||
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This repository contains both the original work for the [GOV.UK Notify frontend](https://github.com/alphagov/notifications-admin) (the Software, as defined in the MIT License) and modifications made by the General Services Administration (GSA). This repository combines the Software and these GSA modifications, which is a “joint work” of the Software and modifications combined into a single work. | ||
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As a work of the United States Government, the software modifications made by GSA are not subject to copyright within the United States. Additionally, GSA waives copyright and related rights in its software modifications worldwide through the [CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/). | ||
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The Software remains subject to copyright under the MIT License. This consists of all work until [commit `543be77`](https://github.com/GSA/notifications-admin/commit/543be77776b64fddb6ba70fbb015ecd81a372478) on June 8, 2022. | ||
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#### Full license text for the MIT licensed files: | ||
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The MIT License (MIT) | ||
Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the “Software”), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: | ||
The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software. | ||
THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED “AS IS”, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE. | ||
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## The rest of this project is in the worldwide public domain | ||
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As a work of the United States government, this project is in the public domain within the United States. | ||
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Additionally, we waive copyright and related rights in the work worldwide through the [CC0 1.0 Universal public domain dedication](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/). | ||
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### CC0 1.0 Universal Summary | ||
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This is a human-readable summary of the [Legal Code (read the full text)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode). | ||
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#### No copyright | ||
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The person who associated a work with this deed has dedicated the work to the public domain by waiving all of his or her rights to the work worldwide under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights, to the extent allowed by law. | ||
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You can copy, modify, distribute and perform the work, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission. | ||
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#### Other information | ||
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In no way are the patent or trademark rights of any person affected by CC0, nor are the rights that other persons may have in the work or in how the work is used, such as publicity or privacy rights. | ||
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Unless expressly stated otherwise, the person who associated a work with this deed makes no warranties about the work, and disclaims liability for all uses of the work, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law. When using or citing the work, you should not imply endorsement by the author or the affirmer. | ||
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## Contributions to this project | ||
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As stated in [CONTRIBUTING](CONTRIBUTING.md), all contributions to this project will be released under the CC0 dedication. By submitting a pull request, you are agreeing to comply with this waiver of copyright interest. | ||
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## Trademark | ||
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GSA owns, reserves, and retains all rights, title, and interest in all trademarks owned by GSA. The User does not acquire any right or interest of any kind in any GSA trademark because of their use of the Modified Version or any of the modifications made to the Work by GSA. |
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